Niche marketing means narrowing your focus. When you narrow the focus of your marketing messages, you increase the likelihood of creating effective advertising. It's important to keep in mind that advertising never forced anyone to buy anything. If you cannot create a marketing message that addresses the specific needs of your target customers,it will not make it through … [Read more...] about Niche Marketing: Narrowing Your Focus
Archives for September 2008
Familiarity Breeds Business not Contempt
It’s a commonly accepted maxim in marketing that potential customers must be exposed to your message at least eight times before they will act. In other words, people need to become “familiar” with your business before they begin doing business with you. One of the reasons why it's so important to adopt a niche marketing strategy is that all of us are bombarded by thousands of … [Read more...] about Familiarity Breeds Business not Contempt
Is Advertising Fundamentally Deceptive?
Imagine my surprise when during keyword research I saw the phrase, " is advertising fundamentally deceptive" pop up. I hope that this question's rise to the top of the search queries was the result of students being assigned this topic. For business owners, this brings up a more important question. Does advertising need to be deceptive to be effective? Does advertising need … [Read more...] about Is Advertising Fundamentally Deceptive?
Niche Marketing and Advertising Effectiveness
There are a lot of reasons why you would want to tightly target your advertising message to a specific niche market - one of the best is that doing so will increase your advertising effectiveness. Many small business owners are reluctant to narrow the focus of their marketing efforts. Seeking better results by narrowing their focus seems counterintuitive to them. They want to … [Read more...] about Niche Marketing and Advertising Effectiveness